From Eyebeam: These five artists are redefining technology.
Working on everything from missing datasets to digital colonialism, these five artists were chosen from over four hundred applicants. The Research Residency is a chance of a lifetime—to do what they love as a full-time job, somewhere in between a models of think tank, artist studio and incubator. Find out who got that chance.



Material Speculation, by Moreshin Allahyari, 2015-16
Nora N. Khan, a writer of criticism and fiction about digital art, artificial intelligence, literature, and games and contributing editor at Rhizome, has published in many places, including Rhizome, Art in America, and The Village Voice. She writes frequently for artists and exhibitions, with texts commissioned this year for Mousse Publishing, Chisenhale Gallery, König Galerie, Left Gallery, and the 2016 Queens International. At Eyebeam, Nora will be writing about computational power and human creativity. www.noranahidkhan.com

Image by Adam Ferriss, commissioned as an illustration in After Us


work by Mimi Onuoha, image courtesy of Sarah Hallacher and Amelia Hancock
Macon Reed works in sculpture, installation, video, radio documentary, and participatory projects to explore notions of belonging, the limits of optimism, and play as ritual transcendence from frameworks of evolving queer and feminist discourses. Her work has shown at venues such as PULSE NYC Special Projects, ABC No Rio, The Kitchen and Wayfarer's Gallery in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Chicago Cultural Center. At Eyebeam, she will be researching pre-capitalist notions of gender and magic. www.maconreed.com
Witchual Objects, Macon Reed


Picture Sky, Kolina Sobecka
Their year-long residencies—which include 24/7 studio access, intensive mentoring, and the most generous grant of any residency in the USA—begin in October. Learn more about the new Research Residents in the full press release. Learn about Caroline Sinders, our Eyebeam BuzzFeed Project Resident!